chafe

英 [tʃeɪf]

美 [tʃeɪf]

v.  擦痛; 擦得红肿; (尤指因受限制而)恼怒，烦恼，焦躁

过去式：chafed　现在分词：chafing　过去分词：chafed　第三人称单数：chafes　复数：chafes　

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BNC.20732 / COCA.15894

牛津词典

verb

• 擦痛；擦得红肿
  if skin chafes , or if sth chafes it, it becomes sore because the thing is rubbing against it
  1. Her wrists chafed where the rope had been.
     她的手腕上绳子勒过的地方都磨红了。
  2. The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.
     衣领特别紧，把她脖子磨痛了。
• （尤指因受限制而）恼怒，烦恼，焦躁
  to feel annoyed and impatient about sth, especially because it limits what you can do
  1. He soon chafed at the restrictions of his situation.
     他很快便因为处处受到限制而感到恼火。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (皮肤)擦破；（使）擦伤
  If your skinchafesoris chafedby something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
  1. My shorts were chafing my thighs...
     我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。
  2. She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores...
     她帮他翻了个身，免得他生褥疮。
  3. His wrists began to chafe against the cloth strips binding them...
     他的手腕开始被捆绑的布带磨得很痛。
  4. The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
     送信人弯下腰来，挠着膝部被绑腿磨红的地方。
• VERB (因…)生气，恼怒
  If youchafe atsomething such as a restriction, you feel annoyed about it.
  1. He had chafed at having to take orders from another...
     他对于不得不听命于人很恼火。
  2. He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
     他在新老板的手下工作得很不开心。

英英释义

noun

• anger produced by some annoying irritation
  Synonym:annoyancevexation
• soreness and warmth caused by friction
  1. he had a nasty chafe on his knee

verb

• warm by rubbing, as with the hands
• cause friction
  1. my sweater scratches
  Synonym:rubfrayfretscratch
• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
  1. This leash chafes the dog's neck
  Synonym:excoriate
• cause annoyance in
  1. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  2. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  Synonym:annoyragget tobotherget atirritaterilenarknettlegravelvexdevil
• feel extreme irritation or anger
  1. He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation
• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  Synonym:gallfret

双语例句

• Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.
  让我们每个人都飞到高处吧，并且熟悉到这一点：有些可能会令我们生气的约束，实际上是帮助我们攀升和实现愿看的平衡力。
• Don't you think I'd chafe under this uniform?
  你不认为我穿着这制服很烦恼么？
• He was chafing under the company's new ownership.
  他在新老板的手下工作得很不开心。
• He would not chafe at the absence of routine chores.
  他不需介意无日常事务可处理。
• The messenger bent and scratched at his knee where the strapping chafed.
  送信人弯下腰来，挠着膝部被绑腿磨红的地方。
• My shorts were chafing my thighs
  我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。
• They have more power, and the thighs don't chafe when they run.
  他们有更多的能源，当他们跑动时大腿不会擦热。
• While transformational chief executives and management consultants chafe at the resistance they encounter, the problem is not just the lethargy of subordinates and the scale of their personal investment in established processes.
  尽管心向革新的首席执行官和管理顾问对遭遇的抵制感到恼火，但问题不仅仅在于下属们的慵懒懈怠以及他们对既定流程已投入个人努力的大小。
• When I start to chafe at the limitations life imposes, I think of that little boy and his indomitable enthusiasm.
  每当我对生活强加于身的种种限制感到心烦意乱时，就会想起那个小男孩和他不屈不挠的热情。
• Why didn't he chafe and become restless?
  为什么他没有气急败坏，坐立不安呢？